CSA Week Two

Here's the handout from last week's CSA, to give you a sense of what's going on around here!

News from the field:
Cold, hot, cold, hot. The weather can’t make up its mind. Last week we had to go find the wool hats again - this week it is back to swimming at Harvey’s Lake in the evening. But the veggies manage to keep tooting along.

It shouldn’t be too long now on a lot of the summer veggies - the cucumbers, melons, and zucchini are flowering in the field. Now the bees just need to do their work. And the potatoes and string beans are coming along - you don’t need to stock up on butter quite yet, but perhaps soon.

In the Basket:
Basil - We found a corner of the greenhouse for this normally mid-summer treat. Enjoy with pasta, butter and garlic.

Broccoli - This is a early variety with a slightly looser head that our mid-summer variety. In our recent household taste test Waverly loved OSF broccoli. Yummy and good for you!

Cherry tomatoes - Some folks get red sweet 100 cherries, some folks got yellow sungolds. The big slicing tomatoes are almost ready!

Lettuce - Peter’s going to harvest the lettuce tomorrow morning – to maximize freshness – so I don’t know yet what kind it will be!

Mesclun - Back again this week, as it probably will be for most weeks. Our mesclun is a mixture of several different lettuce varieties, cut at a baby size, and several different types of brassicas, such as mustard, tatsoi, and arugula.

Salad turnips - The tender greens on these are great gently cooked. I like them just wilted in a pan with olive oil and salt, though garlic is always a great addition. The turnips are great raw, but we’re also including another recipe – turnip souffle!

Sugar Ann Peas - Sweet, crisp, eat them raw!

Recipes:
I printed up the recipes for Peacham Turnip Souffle that a customer gave us last year. If you have any favorite recipes involving Old Shaw Farm veggies, we’d love a copy to give to others! Also, we’ll have at the CSA table a collection of veggie recipes from a group of CSAs in Wisconsin. Please feel free to read and/or borrow.